Live: Kerala's daily Covid-19 cases at 45-day high

India’s tally was back to nearly 40,000 on Tuesday, a day after the country had reported the fewest daily cases since March 16. In the northeast, new cases surged to an all-time high of 806 in Mizoram while Manipur recorded 1,127, just short of the state’s highest count of 1,171 reported last Saturday. Numbers were also high in Arunachal (508), Meghalaya (500) and Tripura (488). Stay with TOI for all the updates

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/coronavirus-india-live-updates-covid-cases-news-july-21-2021/liveblog/84603543.cms

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Raj Kundra sold app to cover up porn trail, say police

To mislead investigating agencies, businessman Ripu Sudan Balkrishna Kundra alias Raj Kundra (45), arrested on Monday for production of pornographic films, sold his app ‘Hotshots’ to the UK-based company Kenrin Pvt Ltd owned by his brother-in-law Pradeep Bakshi but controlled activities from Mumbai, police said on Tuesday.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/raj-kundra-sold-app-to-cover-up-porn-trail-say-police/articleshow/84603330.cms

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Kids handle virus better, open primary schools first: ICMR

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/kids-handle-virus-better-open-primary-schools-first-icmr/articleshow/84603160.cms

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'Legislature won’t act against criminalisation of politics'

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/legislature-wont-act-against-criminalisation-of-politics-sc/articleshow/84602988.cms

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India may be first to get DNA vax for Covid: Mandaviya

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-may-be-first-to-get-dna-vax-for-covid-mandaviya/articleshow/84602347.cms

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‘Covid ICU costs equal to 7-month pay for avg Indian’

The cost of hospitalisation in the ICU for Covid-19 treatment in India is equivalent to seven months or more of earnings for the average salaried, self-employed or casual worker, with the burden on casual workers equivalent to a year and three months’ income, a study has concluded.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/covid-icu-costs-equal-to-7-month-pay-for-average-indian/articleshow/84600389.cms

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Kerala easing curbs for Eid a sorry state of affairs: SC

The Supreme Court on Tuesday passed a stricture against the Pinarayi Vijayan administration in Kerala for succumbing to traders’ pressure to relax Covid lockdown norms for Eid shopping even when the ‘God’s own country’ had a high Covid positivity rate with more than 1.2 lakh active cases.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/kerala-easing-covid-curbs-for-eid-a-sorry-state-of-affairs-sc/articleshow/84601612.cms

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